I've always been intrigued by the comforting nature of food," says Sarah Addison Allen, Asheville author of the 2007 best-seller, "Garden Spells," her debut.

The Printers Row Book Fair is set for Saturday and Sunday, centered at Dearborn and Polk. The event includes more than 150 booksellers from across the country displaying, new, used and antiquarian books. Admission is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both

Readers have a chance to push their favorite book into the spotlight this year as part of the Round Rock Reads program sponsored by the Round Rock Public Library.

For parents, the beginning of the school year means the same old fees: "admission fees", "building development fees", "extra curricular fees", "sports fees", "study tour fees", "semester test fees", "farewell party fees" -- and, of course, a

The Papers of Abraham Lincoln project today will formally release a four-volume examination of some of Lincoln’s most important legal cases. But there’s still a lot of work to do.